Letters from Richard Thomas, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, to Captain John Jervis Tucker, HMS DUBLIN, 22 August 1843-23 April 1845
John Jervis Tucker - Letters from Richard Thomas, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, to Captain John Jervis Tucker, HMS DUBLIN, 22 Aug 1843-23 April 1845, re: the ship's service in Tahiti, including: orders to proceed to Tahiti 'for the purpose of affording assistance and protection to the British Residents' under a French Provisional Government on the Island, 22 Aug 1843; sailing orders to proceed to Honolulu to rejoin the Flag Ship by 1 March 1844, dated 5 January 1844; the state of Peru and an order not to recognise any blockade or embargo, 13 August 1844; and preparations of the ship at Callas, 15 September 1844. With a pair of wooden boards.
Record Details
| Item reference: | TUC/54 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 6 items |
| Date made: | 1843-08-22 - 1844-09-15 |
| Creator: | Family, Tucker |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letter from the Commissioners of the Admiralty to Captain John Jervis Tucker, HMS DUBLIN, 26 March 1845, re: paying off the ship at Devonport (Manuscript) (TUC/55)
- Letter of receipt from JP Parker to Mr Pitman, 9 Feb 1844, re: dispatches to Honolulu (Manuscript) (TUC/60)
- Letters from Taamu, King of Bora Bora to: Captain William Daldy, 8 Dec 1843 (translated to Tahitian); and an unknown, nd, translated by Adam J Darling (Manuscript) (TUC/61)
- Copy of a letter from John Walpole to Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, 28 Feb 1844, together with a copy of a letter to Walpole from His Excellency the Secretary for War & Marine, Don Santiago Jose Aldunate (latter in Spanish) (Manuscript) (TUC/62)
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